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Waterford must realise they need to attack in numbers

Enda McEvoy, Hurling commentary

They’ve been the yardstick for every other team in hurling for the past 15 years and they’re the yardstick for no manager more than for Derek McGrath. Long before he was dreaming of world domination with Waterford, long even before he was winning All-Ireland college titles with De La Salle, he was making a weekly pilgrimage to Nowlan Park to watch Kilkenny train.

Observing how they went about their business and, equally importantly, why. Seeing those famous training matches, yes, but also seeing the way they never overdid any particular drill or routine for fear of emptying themselves before a big match. Observing Brian Cody at first hand, the field-marshal overseeing operations. Everything that McGrath felt could be of use to him in the future…

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